Recruiter salary in Janesville-Beloit, WI

Pay in Janesville-Beloit against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Janesville-Beloit earns $62,110–$79,360. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $97,380, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,820) is 14% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,250 wide, against $27,560 across Wisconsin and $40,770 nationally: employers in Janesville-Beloit pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $16,090 over the median, the 25th only $1,160 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,761 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $75,940 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Janesville-Beloit, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Janesville-Beloit

At the $63,270 median, a local hire costs about $81,639 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,369 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Janesville-Beloit

Of the 17 roles we track in Janesville-Beloit, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between office managers ($72,130) and sales development representatives ($63,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,280.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Janesville-Beloit (-16.7%), between e-commerce order specialists (-12.6%) and executive assistants (-18.2%). The typical role here is at -7.0%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Janesville-Beloit than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 8.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Janesville-Beloit, 6.2% across Wisconsin and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $63,270 in Janesville-Beloit to $76,660 in Madison, a gap of $13,390 a year. All 8 areas in Wisconsin with more recruiters than Janesville-Beloit also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($74,970) and Madison, WI ($76,660).

Janesville-Beloit against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Janesville-Beloit is #247 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Lincoln and Waco pay just above Janesville-Beloit and Tuscaloosa and Bay City just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Janesville-Beloit. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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